The following sentence consisting of five words is particularly characteristic of this period, because it exhibits the first attempt to relate a personal experience. The child dropped his milk-cup and related _mimi atta teppa papa oi_, which meant "Milch fort [auf den] Teppich, Papa [sagte] pfui." (Milk gone [on] carpet, Papa [said] "Fie!") The words adopted by the child have often a very different meaning from that which they have in the language of adults, being not entirely misunderstood but peculiarly interpreted by the imitator. Thus, pronouns, which are not for a long time yet understood in their true sense, signify objects themselves or their qualities. _Dein bett_ means "the large bed." In the twenty-sixth month a large picture-book, with good colored pictures, was shown to the child by me every day. Then he himself would point out the separate objects represented, and those unknown to him were named to him, and then the words were repeated by him. Thus were obtained the following results: Said to him. His imitation. Blasebalg (bellows), _ba-a-bats_, _blasabalitz_. Saugflasche (nursing-bottle), _augflaze_. Kanone (cannon), _nanone_. Koffer (trunk), _towwer_, _toffer_, _pfoffa_, _poffa_, _toff-wa_. Fuchs (fox), _fuhts_. Kaffeekanne (coffee-urn), _taffeetanne_, _pfafee-tanne_. Frosch (frog), _frotz_. Klingel (bell), _linli_ (learned as _ingeling_ and _linlin_). Besen (broom), _b[=e]sann_, _beedsen_, _beedsenn_. Stiefel (boot), _tiefel_, _stibbell_, _tihbell_, _tibl_. Nest (nest), _netz_. Storch (stork), _toich_. Giesskanne (watering-pot), _tietstanne_, _ihtstanne_, _ziesstanne_. Fisch (fish), _fiz_. Zuckerhut (sugar-loaf), _ukkahut_. Vogel (bird), _wodal_. Kuchen (cake), _tuche_, _tuch[=e]n_ (hitherto _kuha_). Licht (light), _lihts_, _lits_. Schlitten (sled), _lita_, _litta_. Tisch (table), _tiss_. Nuss (nut), _nuhuss_, _nuss_. Kaffeetopf (coffee-pot), _poffee-topf_. Hund (dog), _und_. Brief (letter), _dief_. Elephant, _elafant_. Fledermaus (bat), _lebamaunz_, _fleedermauz_. Kamm (comb), _damm_, _lamm_, _namm_. Schwalbe (swallow), _baubee_. Staar (starling), _tahr_. Of his own accord the child pointed out with certainty in the picture-book--